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{{Taxobox+| color = lightgreen+
−| name = ''Lythrum''+
−| image = LythrumSalicaria-flowers-1mb.jpg+| image_width = 240px+
−| image_caption = ''[[Lythrum salicaria]]''
−| regnum = [[Plantae]]
−| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
−| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
−| ordo = [[Myrtales]]
−| familia = [[Lythraceae]]
−| genus = '''''Lythrum'''''
−| subdivision_ranks = Species
−| subdivision =
−See text.
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−'''''Lythrum''''' is a genus commonly known as loosestrife. It is one of 32 genera of the family [[Lythraceae]].+''Lythrum'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including [[Pavonia pavonia|Emperor Moth]], [[Engrailed|The Engrailed]] (recorded on ''[[Lythrum salicaria]]''), [[Hebrew Character]] and [[V-pug|The V-pug]].
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+[[Category:Lythraceae]]+
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+|familia=Lythraceae
|genus=Lythrum
|genus=Lythrum
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|Min ht metric=cm
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+|image=LythrumSalicaria-flowers-1mb.jpg
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+|image_caption=Lythrum salicaria
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+'''''Lythrum''''' is a genus commonly known as loosestrife. It is one of 32 genera of the family [[Lythraceae]].
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Lythrum (Greek, blood; possibly from the styptic properties of some species, or the color of the flowers). Lythraceae. Herbs or subshrubs, of which three are cultivated in hardy borders.
Lythrum (Greek, blood; possibly from the styptic properties of some species, or the color of the flowers). Lythraceae. Herbs or subshrubs, of which three are cultivated in hardy borders.
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−==Cultivation==
−===Propagation===
−===Pests and diseases===
−==Species==
==Species==
−*''[[Lythrum alatum]]'' (winged lythrum)
+*''[[Lythrum alatum]]'' <small></small> - Winged lythrum
−*''[[Lythrum californicum]]'' (California loosestrife)
+*''[[Lythrum californicum]]'' <small></small> - California loosestrife
−*''[[Lythrum curtissii]]'' (Curtiss' loosestrife)
+*''[[Lythrum curtissii]]'' <small></small> - Curtiss' loosestrife
−*''[[Lythrum flagellare]]'' (Florida loosestrife)
+*''[[Lythrum flagellare]]'' <small></small> - Florida loosestrife
−*''[[Lythrum hyssopifolia]]'' (hyssop loosestrife)
+*''[[Lythrum hyssopifolia]]'' <small></small> - Hyssop loosestrife
−*''[[Lythrum lineare]]'' (wand lythrum)
+*''[[Lythrum junceum]]'' <small></small>
−*''[[Lythrum maritimum]]'' (pukamole)
+*''[[Lythrum lineare]]'' <small></small> - Wand lythrum
−*''[[Lythrum ovalifolium]]'' (low loosestrife)
+*''[[Lythrum maritimum]]'' <small>Kunth</small> - ''Pūkāmole'' ([[Peru]], [[Hawaii|Hawai{{okina}}i]])
−*''[[Lythrum portula]]'' (spatulaleaf loosestrife)
+*''[[Lythrum ovalifolium]]'' <small></small> - Low loosestrife
−*''[[Lythrum salicaria]]'' ([[purple loosestrife]])
+*''[[Lythrum paradoxum]]'' <small></small>
−*''[[Lythrum thymifolia]]'' (thymeleaf loosestrife)
+*''[[Lythrum portula]]'' <small></small> - Spatulaleaf loosestrife
−*''[[Lythrum tribracteatum]]'' (threebract loosestrife)
+*''[[Lythrum salicaria]]'' <small></small> - Purple loosestrife
−*''[[Lythrum virgatum]]'' (European wand loosestrife)
+*''[[Lythrum thymifolia]]'' <small></small> - Thymeleaf loosestrife
+*''[[Lythrum tribracteatum]]'' <small></small> - Threebract loosestrife
+*''[[Lythrum virgatum]]'' <small></small> - European wand loosestrife
+==Gallery==
+<gallery perrow=5>
+Image:Upload.png| photo 1
+Image:Upload.png| photo 2
+Image:Upload.png| photo 3
+</gallery>
==References==
==References==
−*{{cite web | title=PLANTS Classification | work=PLANTS National Database Reports and Topics | url=http://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/plant_profile.cgi?symbol=LYTHR | accessmonthday=March 15 | accessyear=2005}}
+<references/>
−*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
+<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
+<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
+<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
+==External links==
+*{{wplink}}
−{{Myrtales-stub}}
+{{stub}}
+__NOTOC__